Peter Nadas was born in Budapest in 1942. Among his works translated into English are the novels A Book of Memories, The End of a Family Story, and Love; a collection of stories and essays, Fire and Knowledge and two pieces of short fiction, A Lovely Tale of Photography and Peter Nadas- Own Death. He lives with his wife in Gombosszeg, Hungary.
A hypnotically beautiful novel * Daily Telegraph * This is not a tale of a love gone mad, but of the madness of love itself * Express on Sunday * Sliding imperceptibly from prose into poetry, Nadas creates an intense atmosphere that mingles fear with love * Scotland on Sunday * A romantic, anguished, searching work * Sunday Times *